Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) Summary The novel‚ narrated by the Englishman J.‚ tells of a boat trip J. takes up with Thames River with his friends George and William Samuel Harris. His prose is rambling‚ and often digresses into anecdotes or long observational passages. One night‚ the three men smoke together in J.’s London apartment‚ discussing their anxiety over their sicknesses. The reader can discern that they are actually hypochondriacs. After researching diseases at the British
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GEORGE IS A GOOD COOK?WHAT DO U THINK IS THE CHARACTER OF HIM AFTER KNOWING THE WAY HE COOKS J. The narrator of the novel‚ most likely based on Jerome himself. J. has a dog named Montmorency‚ and two friends‚ George and Harris. He sees himself as intelligent‚ hard-working‚ and competent‚ but his behavior in the novel suggests otherwise. Like his friends‚ J. is a hypochondriac. George A good-natured banker‚ and one of J.’s best friends. Of the three men‚ he is portrayed as the only one who is seriously
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with J‚ and his friends harris and George‚ deciding to take a boat trip up the Thames from Kingston to oxford‚ and then back again (the book was written in 1888‚ when boating on the Thames was enormously popular). They are unanimous in agreeing that this is a good idea (except for J’s dog‚ Montmorency‚ who doesn’t care for boating). They have trouble getting packed‚ and in the morning Harris and J take a train to Kingston‚ where the boat is waiting for them. George is joining them later when he has
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HARRIS - • a practical young man‚ who could not appreciate romanticism in the world around him. • fond of drinking and eating; not too fond of working hard. • not much imagination and was more aggressive than the other two. • had a strange fascination for cemeteries and tombs • not much aesthetic sense and dressed in loud colours like orange and yellow‚ which did not suit him. • a terrible singer and could never remember the words to a song. • thought he could cook well‚ but as the incident
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i never saw a man’s face change from lively to severe so suddenly in all my life before..... I was very cold when I got back into the boat‚ and‚ in my hurry to get my shirt on‚ I accidentally jerked it into the water. It made me awfully wild‚ especially as George burst out laughing. I could not see anything to laugh at‚ and I told George so‚ and he only laughed the more. I never saw a man laugh so much. I quite lost my temper with him at last‚ and I pointed out to him what a drivelling maniac of
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begins by introducing George‚ Harris‚ Jerome and Montmorency‚ a fox terrier. The men are spending an evening in J.’s room‚ smoking and discussing illnesses they fancy they suffer from. They conclude they are all suffering from ’overwork’ and need a holiday. A stay in the country and a sea trip are both considered‚ then rejected after J. describes the bad experiences had by his brother-in-law and a friend on sea trips. The three decide on a boating holiday up the River Thames‚ from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford
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THREE MEN IN A BOAT(TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG). by Jerome K. JeromeCHAPTER I.THERE were four of us - George‚ and William Samuel Harris‚ and myself‚ and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room‚ smoking‚ and talking about how bad we were - bad from a medical point of view I mean‚ of course.We were all feeling seedy‚ and we were getting quite nervous about it. Harris said he felt such extraordinary fits of giddiness come over him at times‚ that he hardly knew what he was doing; and then George said
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CHAPTER I. Three invalids.—Sufferings of George and Harris.—A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies.—Useful prescriptions.—Cure for liver complaint in children.—We agree that we are overworked‚ and need rest.—A week on the rolling deep?—George suggests the River.—Montmorency lodges an objection.—Original motion carried by majority of three to one. There were four of us—George‚ and William Samuel Harris‚ and myself‚ and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room‚ smoking‚ and talking
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are based on that sparkling manner of writing. The passage presents a piece of narration intercepted with a description. It may be split into two logically complete parts. The first part – “Beautiful Sonning “ describes the place the three friends got out of the boat and put up for the night. The second part – “Cooking Irish srew” narrates how they cooked Irish stew. The extract begins with the description of the beautiful view and comfortable destination of the place where the action comes to
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the writer. They are characterizing by shortness and catching character. A skillful worked out title tells the whole story on enough of the story to satisfy the reader ’s curiosity. 2.The plot of the story. Most novels and stories have plots. Every plot is arrangement of meaningful events. The plot has such kind of structure of components: a) exposition or introduction (contains a short presentation of time and place and characters; it is usually to be found at the beginning of the story):b) complication
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